diff --git a/external/RSL_LITE/module_dm.F b/external/RSL_LITE/module_dm.F
index 22858e765a..dcf72c0cbe 100644
--- a/external/RSL_LITE/module_dm.F
+++ b/external/RSL_LITE/module_dm.F
@@ -1298,7 +1298,6 @@ END FUNCTION getrealmpitype
    REAL FUNCTION wrf_dm_max_int ( inval )
       IMPLICIT NONE
 #ifndef STUBMPI
-      INCLUDE 'mpif.h'
       INTEGER, intent(in) :: inval
       INTEGER :: ierr, retval
       CALL mpi_allreduce ( inval, retval , 1, MPI_INTEGER, MPI_MAX, local_communicator, ierr )